Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 116 online now

Ngā ihirangi | In this issue

Whakapai i te kounga te haumaru | Quality and safety improvement

• Multidisciplinary team improves care for consumers with rare condition
• Case study: Improving use of clinical phone appointments for oncology patients
• Bernadette Pereira MNZM honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2020
• Resources for providers starting quality improvement projects
• Primary care improvement case study: Childhood respiratory warrant of fitness: Unichem Russell Street, Hastings
• Primary care improvement case study: Nelson Marlborough Health: Improving medication adherence post cardiac stent
• Addressing inequity in primary care using the treatment of gout as an example

Whakaheke mōrearea | Reducing harm

• He Hohonga Kōrero – The Conversation Café
• DHBs take part in World Hand Hygiene Day 2020
• Shared goals of care factsheet for patients and whānau
• Aotearoa New Zealand Tall Man lettering list (April 2020)
• Maternity early warning system virtual grand round presentation
• Hawke’s Bay DHB leads the way towards zero seclusion
• Reporting COVID-19-related medication errors, challenges and ideas to the New Zealand Pharmacovigilance Centre
• Pain-relieving medicines for acute pain – information for patients
• Learning session focuses on the importance of whānau engagement in MHA adverse event review process
• Webinar: Caring for complex older people

Pūrongo me te whakamārama | Reporting and commentary

• Midwife recognised for services to perinatal and maternal health

Mahi ngātahi me mātou | Work with us

• Analyst/data scientist (closes 5pm, Wednesday 17 June 2020)
• Data engineer (closes 5pm, Wednesday 17 June 2020)

Ngā hui huhua | Events

• International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare 2020

Related links

• Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 116, 21 May–10 June 2020